Managing new product development teams in a globally dispersed NPD program

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 955-971

  Salomo, Sören ^a   Keinschmidt, Elko J ^b   De Brentani, Ulrike ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c John Molson School of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

CONTINGENCY PERSPECTIVE; CORPORATE ENVIRONMENT; INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS; INTERNATIONAL MARKETS; KNOWLEDGE-BASED RESOURCES; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SENIOR MANAGEMENT INVOLVEMENTS; SUSTAINED COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 78349258899     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2010.00764.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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